Hi, people. All of these lyrics are the opening lyrics to songs. Some are dead easy, other not so easy. Song and artist, please. Start off with four each. None of them are obscure so I would like to see you clean this lot up pretty quick.

Have fun,

Walrus

1. Once was a sweet thing, baby Hint: SRV gets a freezing bullet
Cold Shot - Stevie Ray Vaughan

2. Hold on little girl
To Be with You - Mr Big. Gis

3. You're always dancin' down the street
My Best Friend's Girl - Cars. Kairi

4. Well, I've kicked around a lot since high school
Cousin Dupree - Steely Dan. Maddog

5. Put a candle in the window
Long as I Can See the Light - Creedence Clearwater Revivial. Paul

6. Well you've got your diamonds
Play with Fire - Rolling Stones. Sic0

7. So long a go I don't remember when
One Headlight - The Wallflowers. Windbreaker

8. Leaving lepidoptera ... please don't touch the displays little boy
Black Widow - Alice Cooper. This line spoken by Vincent Price. Loki

9. Getting crazy on the waltzers
Tunnel of Love - Dire Straits. Sic0

10. Welcome strangers, to the show
Dumb Things - Paul Kelly. Jaytee

11. Well the bride looked a picture in the gown that her momma wore
I Knew the Bride (when she used to rock and roll) - Dave Edmunds. Paul

12. Ah, you babes talk about your Madison shoes
Madison Blues - George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers. Maddog

13. The summer sun is fading as the year grows old
Forever Autumn - Justin Hayward from Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds. Paul

14. With a little love and some tenderness
Hold My Hand - Hootie and the Blowfish. Windbreaker

15. I'm goin' to get up in the morning. Hint: Blues Classic, to clean my sweeper
Dust My Broom - Robert Johnson or Elmore James

16. Don't need another weight around my neck. Hint: Aussie classic, the Dark Sadnesses hold on forever
Never Let Me Go - The Black Sorrows

17. The daylight's fading slowly
Breathless - The Corrs. Windbreaker

18. Looking counter-clockwise
Total Control - The Motels. Mooster

19. So true, funny how it seems
True - Spandau Ballet. Kairi

20. And she was lying in the grass
And She Was - Talking Heads. Kairi

21. Somewhere deep inside
Better Be Home Soon - Crowded House. Henk

22. Every morning, when I wake from my bed
Fall of Rome - James Reyne. Powerslave

23. Gloria, you're always on the run now
Gloria - Laura Branigan. Kairi

24. Jungle life
Tarzan Boy - Baltimora. Paul

25. When the night falls down
Heaven is a Place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle. Jeni

#3 My Best Friend's Girl - the Cars

#19 True - Spandau Ballet

#20 And She Was - Talking Heads

#23 Gloria - Laura Branigan

Hello there...good stuff...

#5. 'Long As I Can See The Light' - Creedence Clearwater Revival

#11. 'I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock 'N Roll)' - Dave Edmunds

#13. 'Forever Autumn' - Justin Hayward

#24. 'Tarzan Boy' - Baltimora

#2  Cousin Dupree - Steely Dan

#12 Madison Blues - George Thorogood and the Destroyers

Kairi, Paul and Maddog.

You're all right on all accounts. That certainly kicked a hole in things. Maddog, I suspect you were referring to #4 with Cousin Dupree so I've given it to you.

Walrus

Hello :)

#10  Dumb Things - Paul Kelly (one of my faves)  8)

Jaytee,

#10 is, of course, correct and is one of my favourites as well. Probably on par with Darlin' it Hurts and From St Kilda to Kings Cross

Walrus

2. Mr Big - To be with you.

Hello there :) Nice quiz!

7. One Headlight - Wallflowers
14. Hold My Hand - Hootie and the Blowfish
17. Breathless - The Corrs

25. When the night falls down
Belinda Carslile - Heaven is a place on Earth

6. The Rolling Stones - Play With Fire

#21: Better Be Home Soon - Crowded House


Nice quiz, btw. ;)

Gis: absolutley right.

Sic0: yes, a good get for a not-so-common Stones song.

Jeni: Correct ... one of my favourite Belinda songs

Windbreaker: right all across the board. #7 is one of my all-time favourite tunes.

Henk: I'm surprised this one didn't go off in the first pass. Well done.

Walrus

Hi.

#9. Tunnel Of Love - Dire Straits

The only thing I can think of that goes with 22. is "Fall of Rome" by James Reyne.

#8..Black Widow...Alice Cooper

Sic0,
Correct. This happens to be my favourite air guitar song.

Powerslave,
Also correct and a good get considering it's damn hard to hear any of the lyrics in this song.

Loki,
From the album Welcome to My Nightmare and spoken by the late great Vincent Price.

Not many left now.

Walrus

Hi there  :)

#18  Total Control - Motels

Mooster,

Well done. to me, this was one of the more obvious ones and I am really surprised it didn't go off much sooner.

Walrus